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Typical Facebook or Gumtree... complete, massive, ridiculous bargain... let me offer under the asking
Haha well you know, don't ask, don't get
Typical Facebook or Gumtree... complete, massive, ridiculous bargain... let me offer under the asking
*Beware* Facebook Marketplace Groupset Scam
Would like to make people aware of a scam that seems to be doing the rounds on Facebook Marketplace. About a week ago I fell foul of said scam. Like an absolute d***head I payed via PayPal using friends and family. And before any clever and helpful trolls call me an idiot…..I ALREADY KNOW!!!!road.cc
Nope. I did wonder, the only people that have worked on this bike is this LBS, I wondered if they're the ones that have put this bolt in that then needs drilling out!
Tbf, I've google'd them, looks normal to have a bolt.
Related note, how easy is it to bleed brakes and replace a calliper yourself?
Nice one, same name too. Maybe the declined offer is from the real guy who's got his account back.
Luckily i'd have never used paypal, but it does confirm the old "If it's too good to be true"
No, the head just seems to soft almost, I guess it's screwed in too tight? With a flathead screwdriver it's just bending the head/flattening it...Assume they have rounded off the bolt?
Thanks, I'll take a look and perhaps decide if I can do it myself next time.Loads of videos out there to show you how.
No, the head just seems to soft almost, I guess it's screwed in too tight? With a flathead screwdriver it's just bending the head/flattening it...
Thanks, I'll take a look and perhaps decide if I can do it myself next time.
No, the head just seems to soft almost, I guess it's screwed in too tight? With a flathead screwdriver it's just bending the head/flattening it...
Not quite... They should self adjust so the 'biting point' of the pad (where it contacts rotor) should be the same through the pad life. Contamination usually is the cause of noises, but I do find humidity really seem to affect mine, but nothing quite as much as you're saying - they likely just need a good clean (of the caliper pistons too) and some alignment.I noticed in the last couple of rides that my front pads (disc brakes) were catching. As pads wearing out, in theory at least, I would expect to be further away from the disc rather than catching on them
I'd be too paranoid about popping a piston seal to recommend doing this. I will admit to doing it once and thankfully 'got away with it', but the seals (and the pistons themselves) are relatively easy to damage.Disc callipers can get "sticky" over time and the pistons no longer smoothly move through the calliper. I just bought a second hand set of dura ace levers/callipers and did my usual trick of pumping the lever a lot to push the pistons out as much as possible without them popping completely, cleaning them with cotton buds dipped in mineral oil and then cycling the pistons in and out a lot.
Replacement Shimano pads generally come with a split pin, but calipers themselves (and therefore built bikes) come with a bolt so you hardly ever see the split pins used on road bikes. See them more on MTB though.It's not a split pin holding the pads in?
Bleeding is easy, certainly something getting familiar with yourself on the process and tools required without involving a caliper change in that learning curve... Different Shimano systems have a different bleed method and there are various tricks you learn when doing it.Nope. I did wonder, the only people that have worked on this bike is this LBS, I wondered if they're the ones that have put this bolt in that then needs drilling out!
Tbf, I've google'd them, looks normal to have a bolt.
Related note, how easy is it to bleed brakes and replace a calliper yourself?
Yup sounds about right. Epic Bleed Solutions have a good kit I always intended to get but I just use one I bodged together, was lucky to have a length of clear hose which fitted, that with a zip tie over it holds it on the nose of a syringe. I bleed into a plastic bag I then empty safely. I tend to soak mine into something then put it in with the kitchen food/waste for the bin men, probably not the best way but I know what things like that can do to water so avoid any drains (that I need to worry about) or any kind of recycling...You will need a bleed kit with:
the little pot and bung that connects to the lever along with a road specific adaptor
a syringe with the correct fittings to connect to the port on the calliper
a 7mm (I think) wrench to undo the port on the calliper
a block to keep the callipers retracted while you do the bleeding.
mineral oil
I think thats it if you have shimano brakes.
So, new front calliper and pads, new chain, new cassette, new shoes, new insoles... took it for a quick test ride and it's running silent and smooth all ready for tomorrow
Quick question to those doing RideLondon tomorrow - I always struggle to fit the front handlebar race number card in a visible position for Sportives due to having an out front Garmin mount and then brake cables getting in the way so today have just tied it to the Head tube meaning its not very visible from the front
Is this just required for offical photography? Any other issues with the lack of visbility?
Doesn't having it there prevent you from holding the bars?I don't know how much it matters, but it's not hard, surely? Look at my photo above, I have the issues you guys have and aero bars, but it's not that big a problem
I don't know if it's me being a bigger frame than most, but I hardly ever hold the bars there. Hoods or drops for me. If I do, the number just wraps around the bar under your hand anyway.Doesn't having it there prevent you from holding the bars?
My Strava time (or, because I recorded the ride in and out in one, so my friend I rode with Strava time) was 5:44. How is my official time 6:35? I thought they'd said they were omitting stops?Completed it in 5:31 (strava time)
This is the same as someone else I know. Any ideas how? The gps route was actually 102 miles, so you've literally lost 2 miles somehow?Annoyingly my Strava says 99.8 miles so no imperial century for me!